SIERRA (cont'd)

SIERRA COUNTY (cont'd)
INDUSTRY 1987 1990*
Lumber production, 1994 (Thous. of board ft.) 34,619 Number of mfg. establishments 12 10
Percent of California 1.5
* Not comparable with 1987 due to source difference.
AGRICULTURE
Number of farms, 1992 53 Leading commodities with
Acreage in farms, 1992 55,446 value of production, 1994 $ mill.
% of land area 9.1
Cattle and calves 3.6
Agricultural employment, 1994 10 Pasture 0.7
Christmas trees 0.4
Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.) 5.4 Hay, other 0.4
Percent of California * Hay, alfalfa 0.2
County Rank 55
Livestock and livestock products 3.6
Poultry and poultry products 0.0
Field crops 1.3
Vegetables 0.0
Fruits and nuts **
Nursery products 0.4
Seed crops 0.0 * Less than 5/100th of a percent.
Apiary products 0.0 ** Less than $50,000.
TRANSPORTATION
Vehicle registrations, 1994
Total 4,179 Miles of streets, roads and
Automobiles 2,019 highways, 1994 781.5
Per capita (7-1-94 pop.) 0.59
Trucks 1,351
Motorcycles 100
Trailers 709
PUBLIC FINANCE
Per Per
1993-94 $ mill. capita* $1,000 income** 1993-94 $ mill.
County government tax collections, total 2.6 757.65 43.74 Expenditures:
Property tax 2.1 614.41 35.47 Federal 20.1
Sales tax 0.1 25.59 1.48 Defense 0.3
County 9.0
Total receipts, local government 19.5 City 0.5
School districts 6.9
* 7-1-93 population Special districts 3.5
** 1993 personal income Redevelopment agencies --
California Department of Finance
Economic Research
(916) 322-2263 February, 1996

Last Update: 8/30/96

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